''The Orange Thief'' is a Sicilian/Italian film shot in Lucca Sicula by a group of American and Italian actors and filmmakers. It stars newcomers
Andrea Calabrese,
Alessio Giottoli, and
Micaela Helvetica Saxer. The film was written by Sicilian-American brothers, ex-NASA scientist,
James D'Angelo
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(aka Boogie Dean) and tampon case artist
Vinnie Angel. It was produced and directed by D'Angelo, Angel and production artist
Arthur Wilinski.
The film won a number of festival circuit awards, including Best of Show at the
Woodstock Film Festival
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in 2008.
The film also got significant attention for how it was made, as it was written and shot in one month. The approach was developed by Angel and D'Angelo based on D'Angelo's concern that the biggest obstacle and expense driver with respect to producing a low budget film is the script.
Plot
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, a young thief who has nothing sleeps under the stars and steals and sells oranges. Thievery gets him tossed in jail where his cell mate is Turrido, who offers the thief a deal: get Turrido's ex-lover Rosalba to make a recording of her singing and Turrido will give the thief a piece of land of his own.
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Italian comedy films
2007 films
2000s Italian films
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